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Angela Yang

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I'm a reporter covering internet and tech culture. I focus largely on how generative AI intersects with pop culture, as well as how social and political movements emerge online.

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TikTok deal scuttled because of Trump's tariffs on China

President Donald Trump on Friday said he would extend by 75 days the deadline for TikTok's owner to find a non-Chinese buyer, averting what could have been another disruption of the app. The decision came as something of a surprise, with Trump and top administration figures, including Vice President JD Vance, sounding confident that a substantive resolution would be reached this week.
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Trump extends TikTok deal deadline by 75 days, touts ‘tremendous progress’

President Donald Trump on Friday said that he will extend the deadline for TikTok’s owner to find a non-Chinese buyer by 75 days, giving the China-based owner ByteDance.

Amazon joins list of TikTok suitors as deadline for a U.S. buyer nears

Amazon has made a late bid to purchase TikTok, a person familiar with the ongoing White House-led discussions told NBC News.

Chair of Prince Harry's charity accuses him of 'harassment and bullying at scale' after his public resignation

The chair of the charity co-founded by Prince Harry has accused him of “harassment and bullying at scale” after he announced his resignation last week.

Kicked out of Columbia, this student doesn’t plan to stop trolling big tech with AI

A computer science student at Columbia University said he has been kicked out by the school after he built an artificial intelligence tool to cheat in tech job interviews and documented the fallout online.
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Trump floats tariff reduction if China agrees to TikTok deal

President Donald Trump said Wednesday evening he might give China “a little reduction in tariffs” if its government approves a TikTok deal his administration brokered.

Videos of AI ‘chubby filter’ removed from TikTok after critics call out body shaming

TikTok has stopped allowing people to search for videos featuring the use of an artificial intelligence “chubby filter” after users criticized it as a form of body shaming.

Drake Bell opens up to former co-star Josh Peck following ‘Quiet on Set’ docuseries

Actor Drake Bell told his former Nickelodeon co-star Josh Peck that he worried about the fate of their friendship after he reported allegations of child abuse during their time on “Drake & Josh.”
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New York basketball coach fired for pulling high school player's ponytail apologizes

A Hall of Fame girls basketball coach in upstate New York apologized Sunday after being fired for violently yanking the ponytail of his star player and appearing to berate her following an emotional loss.